Kauai County

"...the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range...."

...Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) achieved a 52.8% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for 2025, second highest in the state behind Hawai‘i Island....

...Biggs was a serial, self-described “groomer” who targeted children, many of whom were mentally and emotionally vulnerable....

... Under Hawaiʻi law, permit applications are required to be issued or denied before the 40th day ....

"...116 person decrease in shelter utilization on Maui...."

... Kaiawe fraudulently obtained at least approximately $126,026 in CRUA assistance benefits ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

... Judge Annalisa Bernard Lee, Maui and Judge Michael Soong, Kauai ....

... Patronage capital is created when KIUC’s annual revenues exceed expenses ....

... along with $1,409,964.35 in restitution to the Small Business Administration ....

Bill 2987 would reduce the risk of farmers and ranchers paying more in property taxes than they should for having certain commercial structures on their lands, including food processing facilities or slaughterhouses.... 

... flash flooding ....

...All of Hawaii’s county mayors have released their proposed budgets for the next fiscal year, and most appear to be fiscally responsible....

... five nominees for Kauai, none for Maui ....

...The issue:  Would voters favor Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami over incumbent Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke in the August 8, 2026 Democratic Primary race....

... state and county testimonies submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii in the first half of March 2026 ....

...manipulated computer records that tracked her time and attendance between October 1, 2021 and June 20, 2024, in order to receive more than $64,000 in unearned compensation....

... Born and raised on O‘ahu, Chief Tai brings more than 35 years of law-enforcement experience with the San Diego Police Department ....

...Char served as a deputy public defender on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi and later as supervising deputy public defender for the Kauaʻi office....

... All five cases were not vaccinated against chickenpox ....

... Henderson is one of eleven defendants charged in three separate indictments for crimes related to the operation of a trans-Pacific drug trafficking network, nine of whom have pled guilty with the remaining awaiting trial ....

... WANTED: Gregory Glaser, 57--last seen on the Big Island ....

... 150 pounds of methamphetamine, several kilograms of fentanyl and carfentanil, eight firearms, ammunition, and over $150,000 in cash ....

... the department’s first apartment acquisition aimed at beneficiaries interested in a rent-with-option-to-purchase program ....

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice have teamed up with the Rice Street Business Association....

... a case testing manufacturer immunity under a 1994 federal law ....

... Notice of Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit (island of Kauai) ....

"...Ahuna is responsible for a five-year decline in K-12 enrollment and using school funds for improper personal expenses benefiting herself, her family, and associates...."

... Firefighters were dispatched to a report of batteries bursting on Hekili Road in Kapa‘a ....

... feds again doing the job the state cannot ....

... Due to the potential for hazardous conditions ....

... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....

... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....

... To share your input, please respond to the Police Chief Desirable Traits survey between now and June 30 ....

... testimony before Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Kaua‘i and Maui county councils or planning commissions ....

... Bill 2951, was proposed in response to a January zoning complaint that shut down the popular Princeville Farmers and Artists Market ....

“This bill recognizes that programs like the Hā‘ena State Park access and entry management program, which reinvests its proceeds into environmental and community benefits, shouldn’t be treated like traditional, for-profit carriers,”

... the Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....

... Lawmakers on Kaua‘i and Maui are considering bills that would increase income opportunities for farmers and other small businesses ....

... state and county testimonies the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii submitted for consideration by the respective lawmakers in late March and early April 2025 ....

... demonstrated the ability to detect, track and perform a simulated engagement of an advanced maneuvering hypersonic target ....

... The appointment will take effect upon Chief Raybuck’s retirement this year. That date has not yet been determined ....

... he has been in Hawaii for 32 years ....

... akamai readers will remember that fire officials were at a summit like this when Lahaina burned ....

... first release of sterile male mosquitoes into a state forest reserve on the vast Alakaʻi Plateau ....

...zoning complaints led to the market’s closure in January, and now, other farmers markets across the county face a similar fate unless the Kauai County Council takes action....

“How to facilitate more homebuilding in Hawaii”

... QAnon-adjacent beliefs like satanic child sex trafficking, the Luciferian agenda, aliens, reptilian overlords; advice on how to detach from your “family cult” ....

... it is harmless to other creatures, including people ....

... Kauai Bill 2919 would allow one guest house per dwelling unit in most of the county’s residential districts and commercial, agriculture, open and university districts ....